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object of our faith is a proof of his being Truely and really God.
Christ doth here assert his own Deity in the substance of the
command in making himself an object of faith in conjunction
with God the Father "Ye believe in God believe
also in me." Observe next the arguments of consolation
which Chirst propounds for the support of his disciples under the
sorrow which they had conceived for his approaching departure
1. He tells them. That heaven whither he was now going was his
Fathers house a place of happiness not designed for himself alone
but for many more to enjoy a perpetual rest and abode in as
in everlasting mansions "In my Fathers house are many
mansions." Heaven is Gods house in which he will freely
converse with his domestics his children & servants and they
shall enjoy full glory there as in a quiet an capacious
habitation. A second ground of comfort is that he assures them
he will come again and receive them to himself that they
may live together int he heavenly mansions. This promise
Christ makes good to his Saints partly at the day of their
death and perfectly at the day of Judgement when he shall
make one errand for all and take up all his children to
himself and make them completely happy both in Soul
and body with himself. Learn hence that though Christ
has removed his bodily present from his friends
on earth yet his love to them is not ceased nor will
he rest satisfied till he and they meet again eternally
to solace themselves in each other's company "I will
come agian and receive you to myself that where I am
there ye may be also." A third argument for consolation is that